Reds hire Harris and Haselman to coaching staff, promote Napoli after Mills retirement

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds added Willie Harris and Bill Haselman to Terry Francona’s coaching staff Monday and promoted Mike Napoli.

Harris will be the third base coach and replaces JR House, who left to become Arizona’s third base coach. Harris managed the Reds Class-A affiliate in Daytona this past season after being the Chicago Cubs third base coach from 2021 through ’24.

Haselman will be the catching coach after spending the last four seasons with the Los Angeles Angels. Haselman was on Francona’s staff in Boston from 2004 though ’06.

Napoli moves up to assistant bench coach after being a major league staff assistant. There was an opening on the bench with the retirement of Brad Mills.

Mills had been a part of Francona’s coaching staff for 18 seasons and at all four of his managerial jobs with Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland and Cincinnati. Mills and Francona have a longtime friendship, dating back to when they were teammates at the University of Arizona.

___

AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

News from © The Associated Press, . All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Join the Conversation!

Want to share your thoughts, add context, or connect with others in your community?

Create a free account

The Associated Press

The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day.

Related Articles